The Irish actor is among the nominees at the Irish Film and Television Academy Award ceremony being held on Friday.

The Irish actor turned heads alongside the King, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington.

His one-man performance in Vanya, an adaption of Anton Chekhov’s family drama Uncle Vanya, secured him the theatre prize on Monday.

The Irish actor said he does not know what ‘difference’ an increased level of fame could mean.

The ceremony will see the introduction of a new prize recognising box office achievement.

Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Fleabag’s ‘hot priest’ Andrew Scott star opposite each other in Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers.